Book

Peking opera

by  Chengbei Xu / Gengtao Chen

Table Of Contents

  • Intriguing facial makeup
  • Monkey plays that bustle with noise and excitement
  • Anhui troupes and the birth of Peking opera
  • The art of listening, old-style theaters
  • The stage and props
  • Four roles of Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou
  • Classic plays
  • Music and the orchestra
  • Acting
  • Nan Dan, or men playing female roles
  • Performers and performing schools
  • Generations of famous actors
  • Mei Lanfang, famous Dan impersonator
  • Theatrical companies and old-style opera schools
  • Forms of performance
  • Old Beijing in Peking oper's heyday
  • Modern Peking operas
  • Singing, dancing and acting skills
  • "Realms" of acting
  • Conventions of peking oper
  • Not easy to appreciate Peking opera
  • Peking opera in contemporary era

Subject

History and criticism / Operas, Chinese / Operas / Theater

Details

Part of Series Cultural China series
Published [Beijing] : China Intercontinental Press, 2003
Language English
Material 128 p.
ISBN 7508502566
Location
PN 2876 .B37 X8 2003 C.1
TCDC Bangkok - Recommended collection - Perf. Art
PN 2876 .B37 X8 2003 C.2
TCDC Khon Kaen - Closed Stack

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